Managed Wrappers for Windows Live Data

Windows Live Data is the API you use for delegated access to your user’s personal data like contacts. It’s a pretty simple API, however that hasn’t stopped me writing some components for it! Today, I’m releasing them publicly.

Not only do these components make it easier to work with the API, but they also provide an abstraction layer so that as the API develops your application doesn’t necessarily have to.

(Note: This post assumes an understanding for the Windows Live Data API. If you’ve never touched it before, read this first.)

First up is the PermissionRequestHyperLink control. Placing this on your page gives you a nice designer experience for building those yucky URLs and setting all the right flags.